Supported by Research Councils UK(EPSRC)/British Council and Department of Science and Technology, Government.

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http://www.iu-atc.com http://www.iu-atc.com Supported by Research Councils UK(EPSRC)/British Council and Department of Science and Technology, Government of India Professor Gerard Parr UK- PI of the IU-ATC Chair in Telecommunications Engineering University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK gp.parr@ulster.ac.uk gp.parr@ulster.ac.uk An Exemplar Initiative

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Developing an “Innovation Eco-system”- Key Timelines Dec 2004- Parr Invited by RCUK-EPSRC to respond to an invitation by Sir Michael Arthur (British High Commissioner, New Delhi) to assess “why UK was not partner of choice for collaboration in ICT”. Jan 2005- Parr attended ICT Week in Delhi with Professor Dame Julia Higgins and Sir David King and members of EPSRC..visits to IITs including IIT Delhi and IIT Madras and ICT industry including InfoSys and Wipro. Jan 2006- First IU-ATC Technical Workshop in IIT Madras (Global Opportunities Fund-GOF and Department of Science & Technology-DST) During 2007- UK Trade and Investment and DST funding for further consortium development 2007 EPSRC INTERACT and British Council UKIERI project funding success June 2009 Major funding from RCUK-EPSRC and DST for larger scale R&D Centre of Excellence (total funding value £9.2 million),Phase 1 of initiative April 18 th 2012- Phase 2 funding announced at UK-India Science and Innovation Council (£10.2 million) by Rt Hon David Willetts UK Minister of State.

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In Conclusion The IU-ATC represents the largest collaboration of its kind between UK and India in the ICT sector with about 200 scientists doing industrially relevant R&D and we want to grow the IU-ATC “ICT Eco-System” by:- Leveraging our international expertise/ technical testbeds Developing early career researchers and engineers Increasing our engagement with ICT industry through LABLETs Supporting UK FCO/BIS/DFID/UKTI/TSB and DST to Strengthen UK-India links Supporting National initiatives such as G-Cloud Bridging the Urban Rural Divide of each nation by providing enablers to harness the benefits of the Future Digital Economy